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A Day in the life of Dr. Hoener
Recorded and Produced by Lucy Hoener and Ryan Stutzman
Track season is approaching at New Haven High School
By: Sydney Grubb
Next month, New Haven High School's track and field 2022 season is starting with the winter sports coming to an end and spring sports beginning. One of the most widely participated in, Track and Field has been a valued sport for many of New Haven's students. The participants are all either very excited, very nervous, or both.
"I'm a bit nervous since I wasn't in basketball this year so I'll be a bit out of shape but overall I'm really excited," sophomore Julia Faris said.
Track consists of a wide variety of events. Athletes with different interests and skills are able to participate in the sport by competing in individual events. A majority of the sport that participants have the option to do includes running individual races or relays.
"I do long distance running. In the past I've competed in the 800 meter run and the mile, but this year I'm trying the 400 meter run along with the 800," sophomore Elaina Cronin said.
Although a lot of the sport does consist of running race events, there are many events that don't. These include pole vault, high jump, long jump, shot put, and javelin.
"I throw shot-put and discus. I might try doing javelin this year also, which will be new for me. This will be the 4th year I have done shot-put and discus," sophomore Abby Seitter said.
Throughout the entire school year there are multiple sports that take place. For some students, track and field is their personal favorite sport of all.
"I do track because I enjoy the feeling of running. It's definitely my favorite sport by far to participate in," Faris said.
Though it might not be everyone's personal favorite sport, almost everyone that participates in it enjoys it very much. A main part of track is that it is individually done, meaning that most of it isn't done with a group effort.
"I like track because it is an individual sport. Every other sport I have done, you have a team, and when someone messes up, it affects everyone. With track, that is not the case," Seitter said.
Many students have high standards for themselves and high hopes overall for this year's track season. Some have set personal goals, that with hard work and dedication, can be done.
"I think that I'll do well this year. My goals are to improve my arm strength and footwork, get higher in rankings, and perfect my throwing form. I hope that track season is good this year," Seitter said.
Senior Night Video Recap 2022
Video recorded and produced by Ryan Stutzman and Lucy Hoener.
NHPSD Job Openings
The New Haven School District has the following job positions open:
Special Education Teacher Aide
Middle School English Teacher
Elementary Teacher
Parents as Teachers Educator
If you would like to apply for these positions, visit the New Haven School District website.
NHHS Varsity Girls basketball team takes second at South Callaway
By: Ava Vandegriffe and Miranda Yarbrough
Jan. 10, 2022 kicked off the beginning of the annual South Callaway tournament. The NHHS girls varsity basketball team made the trip to South Callaway for their games in the tournament on Monday, Wednesday, and for the last time for our seniors on Friday. For many this is their first trek to South Callaway, but for 4 of our basketball players it is their last time in this tournament. We took time this week to talk to some of the varsity Shamrocks and see how they were feeling about the tournament.
"Sad, but excited… I think that the seniors are starting to realize that the season is getting closer to ending," senior Mackenzie Wilson said.
The tournament started off with a bang for the Shamrocks. Both teams won their first games to kick off the tournament.
"I would say we played well and we shot the ball well. Overall beside rough contact from the opposing team we played a good game," senior Peyton Sumpter said.
New Haven High School Student of the Month
The New Haven High School December Student of the Month is Anna Madden. Anna is the daughter of James and Tina Madden. Anna is a member of FCCLA and has been on the High Honor Roll every semester of high school.
Anna was nominated for student of the month because she is always willing to help. Specifically, she took it upon herself to make signs for a school and community event even though she wasn't in the club sponsoring the event. She is quiet and respectful in classes and she often goes out of her way to complete tasks without being asked. Anna has received many Positive Office Referrals for her willingness to jump in and help get things done.
Outside of school, Anna enjoys shopping, hunting, fishing, and spending time with her family and friends. She also likes to travel.
New Haven Middle School Student of the Month
Chloe Overschmidt is the December Student of the Month for New Haven Middle School. Chloe is the daughter of Eric and Nicki Overschmidt. Chloe plays basketball and volleyball. She is also the treasurer of the Student Council.
Chloe has received two Positive Office Referrals so far this school year and was nominated for Student of the Month because she is a bright and cheery student each and every day. She is always willing to help others and is an excellent student.
Outside of school, Chloe has volunteered for the Friendship Plate and the food pantry. She participates in confirmation and likes to work on her Cricut. Chloe absolutely loves pickles, she has 3 (almost 4) kittens, enjoys swimming, and wants to be an interior designer.


As Holland's Launch The Ultimate Pie Spy Game For Pie Fanatics!
Calling all pie fans and secret service wannabes, we've launched PIE SPIE, an on-the-go spy game that turns pie lovers in to PIE SPIES!
Followers of Holland's Pies, can now track our new fleet of vans on a daily basis, as all vans have now been wrapped in NEW PIE SPIE branding and each one named after our best selling pies and puddings! There are fifteen vans to spot, in five flavour variations, Potato & Meat Pie, Meat Pie, Steak & Kidney Pie, Steak & Kidney Pudding and Cheese & Onion Pie.
A game that's all about pies and can be played on the go; PIE SPIE spotters can win pies and prizes in return for their spots. When a Holland's van is spotted, all fans need to do is log their entries on the new PIE SPIE App on the Holland's Facebook page – giving details on what flavour van they spotted, where and when! Each week a new winner will be announced on the page, with prizes including a year's supply of pies and limited edition Holland's PIE SPIE branded merchandise, including caps, t-shirts, bags and much more!
Launching later this month, PIE SPIE will fast become a pie spotting extravaganza with many more PIE SPIE secret missions announced over coming months and the chance to win lots more prizes!
PIE SPIES at the ready…and we're off!
To enter entrants must go to the Official Holland's Pies Facebook page and fill in all required details on the PIE SPIE app. Please note all entrants will need to provide their contact details, as stated on the app (name, address and email).
By participating, entrants grant the Promoter permission to use his/her name and address, for future advertising and publicity purposes in connection with the free prize draw in any and all manners without additional compensation. This free prize draw is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. Entrant understands that he or she is providing information to the Promoter and NOT to Facebook. Facebook shall have no liability to the entrant for the Promotion and, by entering, the entrant releases Facebook from any obligations relating thereto.
There will be one PIE SPIE winner announced every week on the Holland's Pie Facebook page.
There will only be one free prize draw every week.
The Promoter's decision is final in every situation (including any not covered by these terms and conditions) and no correspondence will be entered into.
Winners will be contacted by email to arrange delivery address. If the winner does not reply within 30 days the prize will be forfeited.
Please allow up to 30 days after confirmation of delivery address for the prize to be delivered.
PIE SPIE Prizes imagery used on Facebook is for illustrative purposes only, actual prizes may differ from the imagery shown.
Entries do not have to be made immediately at the time of spotting the van, and should be made only when safe and legal to do so.
Entries have to be made within the same week as spotting the van. Any entries received after the winner for that week is announced will not be counted and will not be entered into the following week's free prize draw.
The free prize draw is open to UK residents (excluding residents of Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and Scottish Highlands) aged 18 and over and excluding employees (including their immediate families) of the Promoter and/or any associated companies, agents of the Promoter, and anyone else professionally connected with the free prize draw.
The Promoter reserves the right to publish the winner's name and county on its social media sites, website and/or in postal communications. The winner's name will be available on request within 30 days of each prize draw by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Promoter at Holland's Pies, Manchester Road, Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2SA.
The Promoter accepts no liability and provides no warranty or indemnity to entrants in relation to any prizes obtained as a result of using the website address given and entering the free prize draw.


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!> \file tpot.f90
!! \BRIEF
!>    Module with tpot subroutine - compute potential T from in situ T,S,P
MODULE mtpot
CONTAINS
!>    Compute potential temperature from arrays of in situ temp, salinity, and pressure.
!!    This subroutine is needed because sw_ptmp is a function (using scalars not arrays)
SUBROUTINE tpot(salt, tempis, press, pressref, N, tempot)
  !    Purpose:
  !    Compute potential temperature from arrays of in situ temp, salinity, and pressure.
  !    Needed because sw_ptmp is a function

#if USE_PRECISION == 2
#   define SGLE(x)    (x)
#else
#   define SGLE(x)    REAL(x)
#endif

  USE msingledouble
  USE msw_ptmp
  IMPLICIT NONE

  !> number of records
!f2py intent(hide) n
  INTEGER, intent(in) :: N

! INPUT variables
  !> salinity [psu]
  REAL(kind=rx), INTENT(in), DIMENSION(N) :: salt
  !> in situ temperature [C]
  REAL(kind=rx), INTENT(in), DIMENSION(N) :: tempis
  !> pressure [db]
  REAL(kind=rx), INTENT(in), DIMENSION(N) :: press
  !> pressure reference level [db]
  REAL(kind=rx), INTENT(in) :: pressref

! OUTPUT variables:
  !> potential temperature [C] for pressref
  REAL(kind=rx), INTENT(out), DIMENSION(N) :: tempot

  REAL(kind=r8) :: dsalt, dtempis, dpress, dpressref
  REAL(kind=r8) :: dtempot

  INTEGER :: i

! REAL(kind=r8) :: sw_ptmp
! EXTERNAL sw_ptmp

  DO i = 1,N
     dsalt     = DBLE(salt(i))
     dtempis   = DBLE(tempis(i))
     dpress    = DBLE(press(i))
     dpressref = DBLE(pressref)

     dtempot   = sw_ptmp(dsalt, dtempis, dpress, dpressref)

     tempot(i) = SGLE(dtempot)
  END DO

  RETURN
END SUBROUTINE tpot
END MODULE mtpot

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Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism organization and advocate for the needs of individuals with autism and their families, retained Open Door Media (ODM) to build and activate a statewide coalition to generate support for expanded insurance coverage for autism therapies legislation. ODM works closely with New Jersey's autism advocacy organizations, medical professionals, patient advocacy groups and families whose lives had been touched by autism. ODM has spearheaded a successful grassroots and media relations campaign that successfully culminated with a public signing of the landmark legislation with the New Jersey Governor and members of the coalition at Children's Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick.
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
Public Service Enterprise Group is the largest gas and electric utility in the State of New Jersey. PSEG's Government and Public Affairs team retained Open Door Media to improve its internal and external communications processes. PSEG had created an Ambassador Program, a vehicle to bring together PSEG employees, contractors, vendors and other company stakeholders to help communicate the goals and service objectives of the company to the general public. ODM currently develops for PSEG an electronic newsletter called the Ambassador Insider, which helps to bridge the gaps in communication between PSEG advocates, State and Local political leadership and the various groups of the PSEG family. The Insider is produced quarterly and highlights the statewide activities of PSEG Ambassadors in the company. The Insider is a vehicle for PSEG senior executives to communicate PSEG initiatives and allows its government relations team to keep the PSEG audiences up to date on legislative and policy issues of company importance.
BUF Health & Human Services Preschool (BUF)
BUF Health & Human Services (BUF) operates two preschool facilities, an after-school program and a summer camp in the City of Plainfield, NJ. The school engaged Open Door Media (ODM) to assist in reaching a broader community through a range of communications activities including: event planning, marketing, public/media relations; press material development and placement; website/social media development and management. Through ODM's efforts, the organization has been able to establish several partnerships to better serve the students, their families and the community at large. ODM facilitated an ongoing partnership with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and Horizon NJ Health to provide educational health forums and health fairs throughout the school year. ODM also assists in BUF's annual Thanksgiving Day Feast, which provides complimentary meals to needy, underprivileged families in the Plainfield area. This is a partnership with local vendors and major companies such as Wegmans and Verizon Communications.
Clean Water: Delaware's Clear Choice
Working with the Delaware Nature Society, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, Open Door Media (ODM) assisted in the formation and launch of the Clean Water Campaign, providing grassroots and grasstops strategy; activating a website and social media platforms from the ground up; and directing the creative/content design of the campaign's logo, fact sheets and posters. The campaign, was aimed at improving the quality of Delaware's water by educating outdoor enthusiasts about the importance of funding clean water initiatives. Through ODM's work, it was successfully in connecting with thousands of Delawareans through presentations, exhibition events, panel discussions and a variety of other outreach activities. ODM's engagement culminated with a rally in the Delaware state capital, which garnered significant media coverage and brought more than 100 people to Legislative Hall in Dover to celebrate current clean water efforts and to advocate for more funding for clean water initiatives across the state.
Tesla Motors is a high-performance electric car manufacturer and sells vehicles directly to consumers rather than through traditional car dealerships. When the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission passed a regulation banning the direct sale of vehicles to consumers within the state, Tesla retained Open Door Media to build and engage a coalition of third-party supporters to demonstrate support for legislation that would allow Tesla to reopen their doors for business in NJ. ODM recruited and organized a diverse group of stakeholders – including business organizations, free market representatives, environmentalists and car enthusiasts — to engage in legislative and earned media activities. We secured numerous individuals to testify in support of the bill at legislative committee hearings and organized a press conference and rally with various groups. Additionally, ODM enlisted key stakeholders and opinion leaders to secure positive, widespread earned media coverage. Due to our work, the legislature convincingly approved the legislation and it was signed into law by Governor Christie in March 2015.
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Nishank resigns as Uttarakhand Chief Minister
DEHRADUN, Sept 11( Agencies) : Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister paving the way for B.C. Khanduri to take over the top post.
Mr. Nishank, along with some party leaders, went to Raj Bhavan and handed over his resignation to Governor Margaret Alva, Raj Bhavan sources said here.
Seeking to salvage its sagging image in poll-bound Uttarakhand, BJP had on Saturday announced that 76-year-old Khanduri, a former Chief Minister of the state, would replace Nishank.
Mr. Nishank said after submitting his resignation, "I'm a party worker. I will do whatever the party wants me to do…"
After two long rounds of talks with Mr. Nishank in Delhi, the BJP top brass had convinced him to step down from the post in the wake of a series of alleged scams against his government.
"Keeping in view the forthcoming elections in Uttarakhand, BJP has decided for a change in leadership.
Mr. Khanduri will be the new chief minister of the State," party president Nitin Gadkari had told reporters on Saturday after the four-hour meeting.
"It was conveyed to Nishank that the party wants a change in leadership in view of the elections. There have been some allegations in the media that there are cases of corruption against him. The party wants to make it clear that there are no charges against him," Mr. Gadkari had said.
He had underlined that the only reason for the change was the forthcoming polls.
Sources said though the decision to remove Mr. Khanduri had been taken at the Parliamentary Board meeting of the party last Friday, the BJP top brass did not want to ruffle any feather by sacking 54-year-old Nishank unceremoniously.
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The Old Police Headquarters project Good Earth Plants worked on won an Orchid.
I had a great time at the San Diego Architectural Foundation's "Orchids and Onions" event last week at the Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park. It is hard to believe I haven't missed this event in 20 years.
One of the best things about the event is seeing industry friends and colleagues including Kelly Dixon, Richard Cox, Roger Lewis, Howard Blackson, Patricia Trauth, Glen Schmidt, Roger Lewis, David McCullough, and so many more of you. It was a blast!
If you aren't familiar with it, "Orchids and Onions" is a tongue in cheek fundraising program put on by the San Diego Architectural Foundation to provides interaction with the design community with the goal of educating and raising awareness among San Diegans about our built environment including its architecture, urban planning, landscapes architecture, and more.
"Orchids and Onions" allows San Diegans to nominate their favorite (and least favorite) projects contributing to our environment in a positive (or not so positive) way. In 2013, one of our favorite green roof projects at UCSD called "Fallen Star" won a Grand Orchid award. This year, two projects Good Earth Plants and GreenScaped Buildings worked on were nominated for Orchids.
We were thrilled to see the Old Police Headquarters win a Design Orchid. Good Earth Plant Company contributed the exterior plantscaping elements of the project. As reported in UT San Diego, the jury said, "A wonderful job in transforming an eyesore of a building to make it both useful and visually attractive." You can read the rest of Roger Showley's excellent review of the entire list of awards here.
Greenscaped Buildings installed this spectacular living wall at the Westgate Hotel.
We also hoped our roof top conversion for Pure Fitness at the Westgate Hotel designed by architect Jeff Hollander which included our living wall designed by Matthew Wilkins at KTU&A would win the People's Choice Orchid. It came in second to a very worthy entry, the La Jolla Lifeguard Station. The station is a beautiful, functional, and creative structure deserving its recognition.
Learning about new buildings, new developments, new design teams and yes, even new bars and restaurants to go to is one of my favorite things about the event. All of us at Good Earth Plants and GreenScaped Buildings look forward to seeing future projects that add to our community environmentally and aesthetically. Thank you to the San Diego Architectural Foundation for another successful year pointing out our successes, and even our failures so we can all benefit.
You can read more and see a slideshow of winning projects (some for the wrong reasons!) in the Foundation's recap here.


Bigfoot Art -The Bigfoot myth goes on fascinating a generation after the other, may you believe in him or not. Bigfoot, also known under the name of Sasquatch is believed to live in the forest of Pacific Northwest region of North America, is said to be around 3 meters tall for a weight of around 230 kilos. The size of his footprints, 60cm long and 20cm wide are the reason of his nickname. Evidently, for most people the omnivorous and nocturnal ape-looking creature simply remains a fictional character; some will relate to him as a hoax while others will be more tempted by a misidentification.
Anyway, the purpose of this post is not to debate the existence or not of the Bigfoot , but to show you a very interesting GIF sequence we came across and wanted to share with you!


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Q: Directory permissions created by HTTP handler, accessed by user Update: I originally posted that the "in" directory was on C: . It is actually on E: . D: and E: are volumes on a RAID. I wouldn't expect that to make a difference, but if I knew what was going on, I wouldn't have had to ask the question.
I am having a problem with the ACL permissions of directories which must be controlled by both web services and local users. This is my first project that involves directory security and ACLs, so I am concerned that I am thinking about this all wrong. I am open to answers that provide a point-fix, as well as those that would suggest an overhaul of my security model.
I am working on a Windows Server 2012 R2 web service that captures data from a number of users (Nodes) and then processes it. I have per Node directories (e.g. E:\in\node1, E:\in\node2, etc.) to hold the incoming data, and then I use a C# console app that I run as a non-administrative local user (LocalUser) to move the files to a larger volume with a deeper directory structure that reflects classification done by the console app.
Initially, I would create the directories for each Node as LocalUser, but in the interests of manageability, I made a web service (POST Handler) to create the Node directories as each one is provisioned and configured.
I now have a file system in which some directories were created by LocalUser and some by DefaultAppPool via the web service. Both types of directories receive files as expected. When I run my console app as LocalUser, everything works fine for the LocalUser-created directories, but I get an UnauthorizedAccessException when I try to File.Move() from a web-created Node directory to a web-created Classification directory. When I look at the ACLs, I see that problem is that the Creator (and account with Full Control) is different than the account running the console app. Also, the ACL page says that E:\in\node2 inherited from E: , not E:\in .
The whole point of the web-provisioning was to automate the system, so I do not want to have to touch all of the new directories to add LocalUser (or a group containing LocalUser). I also want the system to work when other authenticated users attempt to run the console app (e.g. LocalUser2 who never created any directories anywhere).
It seems that the two opportunities that I would have to fix this are 1) when the web service creates the directories, or 2) when LocalUser runs the script. Unfortunately, I am concerned that neither account (DefaultAppPool, LocalUser) have the permissions to grant (in case 1)) or seize (in case 2)) Full Control of the directories in question.
Eventually, I plan to run the console app from the web services, and that would make everything run as DefaultAppPool, but during development, and as a manual maintenance operation, I would like to be able to run the console app on demand as LocalUser or LocalUser2. I was thinking it might be possible to make some sort of "shim" that impersonated DefaultAppPool while running the console app, but as far as I can tell, the only way to do such impersonation is by having the web-service do it.
In summary, how can I have a system in which web services create directories that are then controllable by users in a particular group?

A: This is how I understand your question:

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*you have a web service running in the DefaultAppPool that creates directories if required and stores data in files in these directories

*you have a console application run by local users that processes the data in the directories and stores the results on a different volume

*you plan to have the web-service also run the console application, which means it will access the file system using the same identity as the AppPool

*certain node directories have been created by a local user, others by the web-service

*your console app cannot access files in node directories created by the webservice

In your question you list the example node directories *c:\in\node1*, *c:\in\node2*, etc. The directory *c:\in* would be the parent of all the node directories. Permissions are usually automatically inherited. Node directories created in *c:\in* ought to inherit permissions from *c:\in*.
Is the webservice manually setting access permissions for the node directories it creates?
If so, is this necessary? If you set the permissions for c:\in\ so that for instance IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool and the Group Users have full control all directories created in c:\in\ can automatically inherit these permissions, thus freeing you from this problem. (All local users as far as I know are automatically made members of the group Users.)
If the webservice has to set the access permissions manually, how about adding the required permissions for the group Users when a node directory is newly created? This way the console app will be able to access the directory, regardless of who started it.
Does the webservice / console app require "Full Control" of each directory? The way I understand your question the permissions Modify, Read, Write and List folder contents should suffice. Maybe I'm missing something...
If you need to restrict access to certain users only you could create a new security group and only allow this group access to the node directory tree. The local users who need access can then be added to this group. The app pool identity for the webservice would need to be a member of this group as well. In this case it would probably be useful to add a new app pool that is only used for the webservice. Whether you change the identity of this app pool is a matter of choice.

A: OK, here's the deal:
File.Move() requires Write permission for the destination and DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles for the source. This is an advanced permission so you have to dig a little for it (thanks to http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/181198/File-I-O-permissions-the-C-way which references File handling with non-administrative user for the identification of the requirement).

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*Select the parent directory in question (preferably with no
subdirectories, as applying the permissions recursively can fail and
require to you click 'Continue' alot).

*Right-click->[Menu]Properties->[Tab]Security->[Button]Advanced

*This brings up 'Advanced Security Settings for [directory]'

*Add or select the desired principal ('Users' in my case).

*[Button]Edit

*This brings up 'Permission Entry for [directory]'

*[Blue Text]Show advanced permissions

*Check the 'Delete subfolders and files' box.

*(verifying the Read and Write attributes you want is probably a good
idea here)

*Click Apply and/or OK until all the windows go away.

This is then inherited by the programmatically created subdirectories, and everybody gets cake.
Thanks to @roadkill for putting me on the right track, lukeer at CodeProject.com for the first solution I found, and @Powerlord for the StackOverflow solution lukeer used.

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It's probably safe to say that I'm well known for my love of cheat sheets, especially keyboard shortcuts and anything to do with social and web development. Well I thought I'd create a page where you can find every single one of them. I will also eventually add quick links to the PDF print ready versions of each cheat sheet so it's easier for you guys to find and download. I have split the cheat sheets up into different categories so you can find what you're after quicker and easier.
Image size cheat sheet for all the major social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Linkedin, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+ and Ello.
Know exactly what image format to use for web use, print, social platforms, logos and much more with this handy cheat sheet. Available to download as a PDF.
This infographic / cheat sheet gives some practical advice on creating the perfect Twitter profile page.
Know exactly what image sizes to use across Facebook with this very useful cheat sheet for Facebook Image sizes.
This infographic / cheat sheet gives some practical advice on creating the perfect Instagram profile page.
If you liked my previous article on Adobe Photoshop Keyboard shortcuts, you'll probably find this post useful. Here are a wide array of Adobe Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to improve your productivity.
Here's dozens of time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe InDesign CC. Extensive up-to-date reference lists of Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Large Shortcut Database with common applications.
I'm always looking for ways to speed up processes when it comes to building websites, creating web graphics and general web dev. To do this is by learning as many of the quick keyboard short-cuts for Adobe Fireworks.
Know all the main keyboard shortcuts for the most popular programs on Adobe Creative Cloud. We have the keyboard shortcuts for all the major Adobe apps.
Photoshop's strengths is that it makes extensive use of keyboard shortcuts; but, there are so many to remember. So, I've created a this "cheat sheet".
In this cheat sheet you will find the latest keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Muse, Dreamweaver and more. Ideal for web developers and designers.
Know all the main keyboard shortcuts for the most popular photography programs on Adobe Creative Cloud. Photoshop and Lightroom covered.
Here's my Adobe Acrobat DC keyboard shortcuts in full. Speed up your Acrobat tasks with this handy cheat sheet. Download my print ready PDF.
This is a list of the keyboard shortcuts, features and techniques that I use most frequently when I am editing my product review videos for YouTube.
Adobe Bridge is an awesome tool and is much loved by designers, photographers and creatives a like. This cheat sheet has quick and easy keyboard shortCuts to help you whizz through jobs like a pro.
One of my fav all time apps. Get all the latest keyboard shortcuts for Adobe CC After Effects with this extremely handy cheat sheet that you can now download as a print ready PDF.
With this set of keyboard shortcuts for Lightroom, it will no doubt speed up tasks that would normally take double or treble the time to do with standard mouse / menu command access.
My Adobe Muse keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet has every single keyboard shortcuts, to help you speed up your web building tasks. Download my print ready PDF.
Check out my Audition Keyboard Shortcuts graphic. It's designed to speed up your music / sound production by introducing you to the awesome world of shortcuts. Enjoy!
With this set of Adobe CC Flash keyboard shortcuts, it will no doubt speed up tasks that would normally take double or treble the time to do with standard mouse / menu command access.
This blogging platforms comparison chart will help you quickly decide which is the best blogging platform for your new blog or website.
Here's a list of handy keyboard shortcuts & useful php snippets for WordPress. A shortcut is a key combination that links up with a specific commands.
My CMS comparison infographic, quickly outlines the pros and cons of each of the three biggest CMSs out there. WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.
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Look out for Kelly Clarkson because here she comes as the newest judge on Season 14 of The Voice when it returns to NBC right after the XXIII Olympic Winter Games wrap up.
"It is cool for me to be on The Voice because I, basically, get to help someone that was me," the winner of Season 1 of American Idol says, comparing the beginning of her journey to her now stellar music career to the contestants auditioning for The Voice.
"I think she adds such a fantastic nature to the four of us," says Alicia Keys, who won Season 12 with Chris Blue.
"The Block gives you the opportunity to block whichever coach you don't want to take the artist that you want to get," Alicia explains.
Season 14 looks to be a great one.
Season 14 of The Voice premieres Monday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.


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Tenisový turnaj WTA Family Circle Cup 2011 se konal ve dnech 4. - 10. dubna v Charlestonu ve Spojených státech amerických venku na zelené antuce. Turnaj patřil do kategorie Premier a byl součástí WTA Tour 2011. Odměny činily 700 000 USD.

Dvouhra

Nasazení hráček
V závorce je kolo, ve kterém hráčka vypadla. Prvních osm nasazených hráček mělo v 1. kole volný los.
  Caroline Wozniacká (vítězka)
  Samantha Stosurová (3. kolo)
  Jelena Jankovićová (semifinále)
  Marion Bartoliová (2. kolo)
  Šachar Pe'erová (3. kolo)
  Yanina Wickmayerová (čtvrtfinále)
  Naděžda Petrovová (3. kolo)
  Alisa Klejbanovová (2. kolo)
  Maria Kirilenková (2. kolo)
  Daniela Hantuchová (3. kolo)
  Pcheng Šuaj (semifinále)
  Julia Görgesová (čtvrtfinále)
  Patty Schnyderová (1. kolo)
  Bethanie Matteková-Sandsová (2. kolo)
  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (3. kolo)
  Věra Duševinová (1. kolo)

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  Květa Peschkeová /  Katarina Srebotniková  (semifinále)
  Liezel Huberová /  Lisa Raymondová (1. kolo)
  Vania Kingová /  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (1. kolo, skreč)
  Bethanie Matteková-Sandsová /  Meghann Shaughnessyová ''(finále)

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How I Got That Story | Village Voice
How I Got That Story
Defender of Faith photo: Bruce Gi
Lawrence Wright looks dandy in a sweater vest. Hands in pockets, head tilted, he speaks in genial Texan tones. Ambling across the Culture Project stage, below projected titles such as "The Hypnotized Chicken" or "We Become Like Sheep," he's posed as an avuncular raconteur. But there's nothing folksy in the least about his subject matter. In My Trip to Al-Qaeda, Wright offers a 75-minute précis of his book The Looming Tower, a 400-page tome tracing the origins of Al Qaeda and the decades-long lead-up to September 11.
Less a play than a lecture-demonstration, Wright recites passages from his text, accented by slides and film clips projected on the wall behind him. Wright also offers a bit of personal history, explaining what drew him particularly to his subject. He had lived in the Middle East for a few years after college, teaching English at the American University in Cairo. He had also written the screenplay for the 1998 film The Siege, which depicts terrorist attacks in New York and the subsequent curtailing of civil liberties. He has described watching the towers come down and thinking, "'This looks like a movie.' Then I had the sickening realization, 'This looks like my movie.'" He e-mailed New Yorker editor David Remnick and begged, "Put me to work."
My Trip to Al-Qaeda features an odd but not unlikable mix of "how I got that story" and the story itself. The latter's much more dramatic, but it's the former that Wright more ably brings to life onstage. He isn't much of a performer (indeed, the moments in which he tries to act out other characters are gently inept), but he's quite able to play himself, turning an intimate and personal lens upon the grand political events. His modest, at times soporific, speech provides a welcome contrast to his raucous subject. At times his transitions are shaky or his metaphors labored (that "hypnotized chicken" among them), but Wright offers a much more coherent narrative than most, even in the show's brief running time.
Wright's show marks the Culture Project's first venture in its new space, formerly the home of Manhattan Ensemble Theatre. It would have been an apt choice for either company, considering the Culture Project's productions of The Exonerated and Road to Guantánamo and MET's offerings such as Nine Parts of Desire and Golda's Balcony. It certainly attracted the same informed, if self-congratulatory audience known to both theaters. When Wright declares, "Al Qaeda can't destroy America; only we can do that to ourselves," scattered smug clapping sounds. But when Wright concludes, the applause is strong and sustained—and deserved.
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China Salesman (Blu-ray Review)
Reviewed by: David Steigman
Review Date: Jul 17, 2018
Tan Bing
2017 (June 26.2018)
Studio(s)
Tri-Coast Worldwide (Cleopatra Entertainment)
Film/Program Grade: C
Video Grade: A
Audio Grade: B
Extras Grade: C-
In this Asian production with a diverse cast, a Chinese engineer named Yan Jian (Dong-xue Li), referred to as "The China Salesman", goes to North Africa for his employer DH Telecom to win an important telecommunications competition which will help them secure all communications between North and South Africa. While installing cell phones in Uganda as part of the contest, he learns of a dangerous and corrupt conspiracy. One of the competitors, Michael (Cloivs Foulin), a French spy, has been instructed to win the competition in order to gain control of Africa's mineral resources. He is assisted by Kabbah (Mike Tyson), leader of an African tribe, and Lauder (Steven Seagal), a mercenary for hire. Ultimately leading to a civil war between North and South African militaries, Jian and his colleagues are stuck in the middle and the future of their telecommunications system hangs in the balance.
China Salesman is quite the experience. For American appeal, as mentioned earlier, the film features former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and iconic martial arts action star Steven Seagal. Early on, the two battle each other, but despite the clever and resourceful editing, it appears that they weren't even in the same room together. Giving credit where credit's due, Tyson was a tremendous, ferocious boxer in his day, but his acting ability ranges from amusing to inept. The performances as a whole are not the greatest, not to mention a few scenes that seem to have little to do with the overall plot. To add to the somewhat confusing story, throughout the film the dialogue from Asian actors continuously switches from Chinese to broken English and, unfortunately, it becomes difficult to understand what's being said.
In essence, China Salesman is a "sit back, relax, and enjoy the violence" kind of movie. The cinematography is absolutely breathtaking, the musical score is excellent, and the film does have good production value going for it. Director and co-writer Tan Bing also did a fine job keeping the pace of the film up. If nothing else, it's far from boring.
Cleopatra Entertainment presents China Salesman in its original aspect ratio of 2.35: 1, in 1080p with an MPEG-4 AVC encode. The image quality is outstanding with beautiful, vivid, deep colors and strong textures. Blues, reds, and browns stand out as being the most polished. Skin tones also look natural. Daylight and outdoor scenery are visually stunning as well. It's just a pleasure to watch. The lone audio option is an English 5.1 Dolby Digital track. No audio issues were detected. Dialogue, firearms, and explosions come in loud and clear without sounding overly aggressive. Unfortunately, there are no Chinese audio options. English subtitles are only provided when the actors speak Chinese, and they're very easy to read.
The supplements don't offer much. There's a slideshow, a promotional video, and trailers for several other movies from the Cleopatra Entertainment catalogue, including Diamond Cartel, 8 Assassins, Tam Cam, The Rift, Blood & Glory, and China Salesman as well.
If there was ever an action film where you didn't need to over think the plot and simply be entertained by combat scenes with assault rifles, grenades, and other weapons of mass destruction, China Salesman is that film. At the very least, watching it in high definition makes for an excellent viewing experience!
- David Steigman
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#LSN_Econ TBay Council
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO - March 19, 2019 (LSN)
Thunder Bay Mayor Bill Mauro has called for an organizational review of how the City conducts its operations and has directed the City Manager to prepare a report that will deal with the scope of the proposed review. This is in the wake of a 2019 Budget that saw the new council come in with a total tax levy of 2.29 percent which is below the annual average increase of the previous council's four-year term of 3.6 percent. However, there is room for improvement and an organizational review is a good way to try and put the city on a more sustainable tax levy path.
The BMA 2018 Municipal Study (see below) provides some quick comparisons in its Executive Summary that show why Thunder Bay needs a longer-term strategy to keep future increases closer to 2 percent. A property tax comparison shows that for the most part, property taxes in Thunder Bay are higher than either the provincial average or the average for northern Ontario. A basic detached bungalow has property taxes that are 10 percent higher than the provincial average and 19 percent higher than the average for northern Ontario. For a two-storey home, Thunder Bay is 30 percent higher than the provincial average and 22 percent higher than the northern Ontario average. It should be noted that house values in Thunder Bay are substantially below the current provincial average - which incidentally in January 2019 was $554,936 while in Thunder Bay for February 2019 it was closer to $256,000. [Had to calculate this myself as the Thunder Bay site reports the median but not the average. Take 13.8 million dollars and divide by 54 sales]. A homeowner in Thunder Bay pays anywhere from 10 to 30 percent more in property taxes than the provincial average for a home that is about half the value. How's that for the Thunder Bay competitive advantage when it comes to attracting new business?
Our property taxes on apartment buildings are also higher than the average for the province or the North as are those for neighborhood shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, vacant industrial land and standard industrial land. The only categories where we are lower are motels – where we are 11 percent below the provincial average and 13 percent below the northern average – and large industrial land – where we are 3 percent below the provincial average but 8 percent above the North.
This raises questions of long term sustainability of these taxes given the slow economic and population growth in the City as well as the affordability when it comes to households paying these taxes. While taxes are levied on the value of property, they are paid out of current income and here Thunder Bay also does not perform as well. The slide below continues the comparison but this time on property taxes as a percent share of household income and water/sewer charges plus taxes as a percent share of household income.
For both these measures, we are higher than the provincial and northern averages though one may argue that the percent difference is small. Average household income in Thunder Bay was $87,359 (the provincial average for municipalities in the BMA study was $102,194) with property taxes (at 3.9 percent on income) representing $3,407 dollars. At the provincial percent share, taxes would be $3,319 - $88 dollars less - and at the northern Ontario percent share it would be $3,145 - $262 dollars less. If our property taxes were as affordable as the Northern Ontario average - each household would pay $262 dollars a year less.
Why do we have higher taxes? That is the type of question a good organizational review would help answer. When you start looking at the cost comparisons for services like general government, ambulances, general assistance, assistance to the aged, parks, sports and recreation, library, cultural services, police, and fire, Thunder Bay is usually at the higher end of the cost rankings for comparison Ontario municipalities. While we can make arguments that the higher costs are a function of the geographic spread of the city, its regional role or its aging demographics, it remains that our costs are higher even when compared to other northern Ontario cities with similar features such as Greater Sudbury or Sault Ste. Marie.
At the same time, the evidence suggests that we are increasingly providing a regional role in terms of health and education services and servicing a population larger than the official statistics might indicate. Every year, thousands of university and college students move to Thunder Bay to acquire their education boosting our population from September to April. Then there are the outlying First Nation communities who come to the city to also get health and education services many of whom also stay for extended periods to access these services. However, how much more additional municipal service provision results from these demands that have to be met by the municipal property tax base is not a question with ready answers due to a lack of data - or at least publicly available data. There is only so much a simple country economist can analyze if the data is not available.
So, an organizational review is a good thing if it takes a look at how things are currently being done as well as what the actual demands for municipal services in Thunder Bay are. If we have a municipal tax base for a City of 110,000 but are servicing a more regional population of 130,000 then we need to find some solutions. An organizational review is not about cutting service but how to meet our current and growing needs and doing it in a manner that does not fiscally punish residential households and businesses in Thunder Bay. Its about how to do more with less. Simply throwing up your hands and saying taxes are higher here because things cost more is not really an option. Things cost more for a reason and the organizational review should find out why.
By: Livio Di Matteo
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Livio Di Matteo
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Professor of Economics, Lakehead University
Livio Di Matteo is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute and Professor of Economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he specializes in public policy, health economics, public finance, and economic history. His recent work examines health-care spending and its sustainability. As well, he conducts research on the historical evolution of economic inequality. Di Matteo is a member of the CIHI National Health Expenditure Advisory Panel, the Evidence Network (EvidenceNetwork.ca), and is a contributor to the economics blog, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative. He has been listed in Canadian Who's Who since 1995 and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University, an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario, and a B.A. from Lakehead University.
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what's in a name? Sept. 28, 2014
'My Husband' or 'My Boo"? The Post-Wedding Code-Switch
By Nona Willis Aronowitz
Photo: Tom Merton/Getty Images
This summer, I went on two very different reporting trips. One was to Austin, Texas, where I mostly hung out with conservative, Christian, stay-at-home PTA moms. Seemingly the only thing I, a 30-year-old lefty feminist from New York City, had in common with these women was the fact that we were married. One casual mention of my husband and they "got" me. In their eyes, I wasn't slutty or career-obsessed; I was someone with whom they could relate.
A month later, I was shadowing a few strapping freshmen boys at a small liberal arts school in New England. I couldn't help but be flattered that everyone mistook me for a student. By the third day, I was tapping into my single, collegiate self. So when one of them asked me if I lived with roommates, I said, "no, I live with my … boyfriend." All of a sudden, I wasn't old, boring, or spoken-for. I was just like them.
My friend Mercedes calls it the "marital code-switch." It can happen with newlyweds, who may still feel stuck between two worlds. It can also happen with feminists, who might wrestle with their ambivalence about marriage. There's much to gain (respect, inclusion, relief from a sleazy asshole's advances) but also, perhaps, something to lose (sex appeal, mystery, a right to self-definition) by offhandedly evoking a husband. Marriage can be both a giant privilege and, in less tangible ways, a disadvantage. But unlike race or gender, marital status is invisible, and married people can choose to wield it or not depending on the situation.
Let's get this out of the way: The vast majority of married Americans do not code-switch. Most people fully embrace social, economic, and legal status bumps bestowed on them after their weddings. But for some, it's a little more complicated. Lauren, a fellow reporter friend, just celebrated her 12th wedding anniversary, and she still has a hard time saying the word husband. While reporting in Iraq or on the evangelical youth movement, "the fact that I was married put people at ease." But usually, she "winks it off in the language of screwball or film noir," calling her husband her "fella" or "ball-and-chain." For Lauren, husband is too loaded and finite. It doesn't reflect her reality.
"Husband can connote 'I got mine' in a way that can be hurtful," Lauren says. "I'd rather bond with someone about how we haven't figured it all out than present a notion that I have."
Even in 2014, when Beyoncé can pole-dance to a song about oral sex as her husband and toddler watch, wife still conjures up all kinds of words, both positive and negative: domestic, traditional, motherly, responsible, settled, grounded, bored (and boring), feminine, codependent. Single woman evokes others: sexy, adventurous, frivolous, modern, desperate, lonely, ambitious, independent.
I code-switch because I feel like I'm juggling lots of those.
Like Lauren, I'm philosophically opposed to what traditional marriage means, and I often take pains to explain that Aaron and I aren't one of those Smug Marrieds. We got hitched on the fly for health insurance, and we are allowed to hook up with other people when one of us is out of town. To me, the term wife signifies to others that my adventures, sexual or otherwise, are over. As Lauren put it, we "want to walk into that party as charismatic, sexual women," and whether or not we plan to actually sleep with that cutie in the corner, "being a wife defangs that." It also feels feminine in a way that irks her: "I'm happy to wear red lipstick," she says, "but I don't want to be anybody's wife."
So when I'm surrounded by single people, feminist activists, and/or some of my more irreverent friends, my husband becomes my "boo" or my "man-piece." Instead of settling for vicarious Tindering, I'm free to tell stories of my actual Tinder date last Tuesday. I, too, roll my eyes about the wedding industrial complex, explaining that Aaron and I city-halled it. In these circles, referring to Aaron as my husband not only sounds like bragging, it also increasingly makes me an outlier; more than half of Americans are now single, and cohabitation has become an accepted alternative to matrimony.
But the fact is, I am a wife. I married at 24 — younger than all my friends — and have remained that way for half a decade. Using the husband moniker can be a way to seek common ground with elders or, say, Christian moms in Austin. It's incredibly effective when dealing with bureaucrats. Sometimes I want to desexualize a situation, whether it's a skeevy guy on the subway or a male co-worker I want to take me seriously. Husband comes in handy for clarity or brevity. And truthfully, embarrassingly, it can be comforting to be accepted by society at large, to play the part of "normal" and "stable" once in a while. (My recently-married friend described this as "almost like playing dress-up.")
Some people in my life think my code-switching is a cop-out, including Aaron, who has little patience for fibs or euphemisms. "We are married, dude," he says to me. "Deal with it. Anything else is a lie." As Jessica, a 31-year-old feminist, put to me, "Let's reclaim words we don't like, rather than turn up our noses at them, shall we?" One of my friends, who is black, told me she didn't have the luxury to downplay her status. Playing the "married" card was a way of employing "respectability politics" — the nuptial equivalent of a black student slipping a cop his college ID upon being pulled over. Another friend, Becca, who is a lesbian Lutheran pastor, says being married "legitimizes" her professionally (a dynamic that takes the argument for gay marriage to its logical conclusion). And I recently had a Facebook argument with a friend of a friend, who said it "rubbed her the wrong way" that I was calling for a nuanced approach to relationships before all gay people had the legal right to toggle with their marital status. The outsize value our culture puts on marriage is precisely the reason why LGBT people are battling for the privilege.
But regardless of your race, gender, or sexuality, there's something satisfying about nixing words that render your private life public. It's the same reason why Anderson Cooper felt reluctant to announce to the world that he was gay. Marriage invites others to judge and dissect our personal lives, to categorize us and assume they know us. Mercedes, who just got married this summer, simply introduces her new husband as "Ryan."
"I'd rather have people see me as me before I start adding on all kinds of other labels and qualifiers," she says. "Whose business is it but mine?"
Sometimes I Say I'm Married, Sometimes Not


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Candance Castlen Brake is the President and CEO of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce.
Brake, who assumed the CEO position in March 2015 has a career dedicated to public service and community development. She served as a three-term City Commissioner from 2004 to 2010 serving on commissions that led the downtown placemaking strategy and the regions' shift to a knowledge-based economic development strategy. Prior to holding public office she served as Executive Vice President of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation and Deputy Judge/Executive for the Daviess County Fiscal Court. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Government at Western Kentucky University. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the Green River Community Foundation.
She has served on numerous boards and commissions throughout her career including Brescia University Board of Trustees, Owensboro Riverport Authority, RiverPark Performing Arts Center, and the United Way of the Ohio Valley. She is currently on the board of the Wendell Foster Center, the Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center, and Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.
Brake holds a bachelor degree in history from Brescia University and a master of public administration from Western Kentucky University. She is a graduate of the public leadership program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Her husband of over 25 years is Dr. Nicholas Brake, superintendent of the Owensboro Public Schools. They have two children, Anna Caroline who is attending Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and Nicholas, who is attending Western Kentucky University.
cbrake@owensboro.com
(270 926-1860


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